BNP, a day after announcing its one-point demand, on Thursday unveiled a 31-point outline aimed at "reforming" the constitution and state system and ensuring economic emancipation.
Party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul presented the 31-point outline at a press conference at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office in Dhaka, reports UNB.
“As a responsible political party, we—through discussions with other parties who are carrying out movements with us— formulated this outline. On behalf of BNP, I want to present it before the nation,” he said.
The BNP leader said they announced a one-point demand from their Wednesday rally in the capital for a historic political changeover. “We’re now announcing our 31-point outline, not just for the election and for regime change, but for overall qualitative change in the state system and turning the country into a democratic state in the true sense.”
He said this outline is "crucial" for the nation, as it contains their party’s commitments to bringing positive change to the country.
The BNP leader said Bangladesh was formed with the dream of establishing democracy, equality, human dignity, and social justice through the Liberation War in 1971. “They (people) have now lost their ownership of the country.”
He said the current "authoritarian" government has "destroyed the state structure of Bangladesh."
“This state needs to be repaired and rebuilt,” he said.
After winning a free, fair, impartial, acceptable, and participatory election, Fakhrul said a public welfare-oriented government of national consensus will be formed, comprising the political parties that are participating in the ongoing anti-government movement to restore people’s ownership of the country.
BNP standing committee members Mirza Abbas, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, and Selima Rahman were present at the press conference.
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